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12 <br /> 9. Introduce agricultural priority population ventures to Orange County Cooperative <br /> Extension for direct assistance. <br /> 10.Promote existing programming, and create new programming as needed, that <br /> connects and convenes business owners and entrepreneurs with each other, <br /> community partners, and resources. <br /> 11.Provide staff support to the Black Business Alliance and improve connections to the <br /> business-creation and support efforts of community partners like EI Centro Hispano <br /> and local refugee-support organizations. <br /> 12.Work with economic development partners and priority population enterprises and <br /> entrepreneurs to identify local policy changes and systems improvements that would <br /> increase local business success and communicate them to policy leaders and decision <br /> makers. <br /> 13.Regularly seek and incorporate feedback from Orange County Economic <br /> Development, Chapel Hill Economic Development, and Carrboro Economic <br /> Development offices. <br /> 14.Provide annual reports to the Orange County Board of County Commissioners and <br /> more regular reports to County manager and economic development staff. <br /> Key Measures and Outcomes <br /> • Business growth and retention <br /> • Determine current priority population business retention and persistence <br /> rates and work with partners to set a 4-year growth goal and achieve it. <br /> • Creation of new enterprises <br /> 400 new priority population-owned enterprises by FY2028 <br /> • Economic mobility: <br /> • Priority population per capita income grows faster than the county average <br /> per capita income <br /> • Strengthening business network and community <br /> • Year over year increases in priority population event and program <br /> participation, grant applications, business-support organization <br /> engagement <br /> • Improved reputation: <br /> • Improvement in brand and reputation of Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro as a <br /> great place for priority populations to start and grow an enterprise. <br />